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"The Ballad of Casey Jones", also known as "Casey Jones, the Brave Engineer" or simply "Casey Jones", is a traditional American folk song about railroad engineer Casey Jones and his death at the controls of the train he was driving. It tells of how Jones and his fireman Sim Webb raced their locomotive to make up for lost time, but discovered ...
The music was written by Jerry Garcia, and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter.Hunter stated in a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone that "'Casey Jones' didn't start out as a song, it just suddenly popped into my mind: 'Driving that train, high on cocaine, Casey Jones, you better watch your speed.'
Casey Jones's fame is largely attributed to the traditional song, “The Ballad of Casey Jones”, [7] [18] also known as "Casey Jones, the Brave Engineer", recorded by, among others, Billy Murray, Mississippi John Hurt, Harry McClintock, [19] Furry Lewis, Johnny Cash, Ed McCurdy, and played live by the Grateful Dead, as well as Jones' friend ...
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The disaster inspired several songs, the most famous being the ballad first recorded commercially by Virginia musicians G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter. [6] Vernon Dalhart's version was released in 1924 (Victor Record no. 19427), sometimes cited as the first million-selling country music release in the American record industry, with Carson Robison playing guitar and Dalhart playing harmonica.
Mine's a piece of s---.'" According to Smith, Jones' original theme sounded outdated and Jones thankfully agreed that Smith's far more fresh (pun intended) version should run over the opening credits.
The musician and producer known for his groundbreaking work with Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra died Sunday at age 91. Here are 15 of his essential songs.
Casey lived in the fictional Missouri town of Midvale, within commuting distance of St. Louis, with his wife, Alice, their young son, Casey, Jr., and their dog Cinders. Although there really was a famous locomotive engineer named Casey Jones of the Illinois Central Railroad, the television series is only loosely based on him. His train is named ...